Nameplate capacity
12 MW
Rank in Virginia
#157
of 261 plants
In service since
1963
October 1963
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- Calpine Mid-Atlantic Generation LLC
- County
- Northampton County
- Generating units
- 6
- Share of state capacity
- 0.04%
- Rank among other plants in Virginia
- #24 of 55
- EIA plant code
- 3782
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAYV | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.1 MW | 1963 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| BYV2 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.1 MW | 1963 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| BYV3 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.1 MW | 1963 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| BYV4 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.1 MW | 1963 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| BYV5 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.1 MW | 1963 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| BYV6 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.1 MW | 1963 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Virginia
| Park 500 Philip Morris USA | Natural gas | 13 MW |
| Reusens | Hydro | 13 MW |
| Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) Pi | Wind | 12 MW |
| Danville Farm, LLC | Solar | 12 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 12 MW solar plant and a 12 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Virginia power plants · What Virginia actually generates